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Washington, DC, US

Mclean, Virginia, United States

• Delivered recommendations and technical products to support strategic plans of federal health sponsors, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological.
• Served as deputy project lead for the NIH Small Business Education and Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) Office, managing relationships, deliverables, budgeting, staffing, and reports. Orchestrated development of.
• Supported policy development and public comment processing for Center for Medicare (CM) rule within the CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Led Pew’s updates of the clinical antibiotic pipeline, growing expertise of the antibiotic development industry and regulatory processes. Worked closely with teams across the institution, scientific experts, and.
• Drove reshaping project for interactive antibiotic pipeline web tool, resulting in improved delivery ofinformation, analyses, and user experience. Product performed consistently in the top five pages in views and.
• Effectively analyzed, summarized, and communicated complex health policy research to internal leadership.
• Drafted legislative text and letters to communicate Pew's policy positions externally.
• Supported regular stakeholder meetings of advocacy groups, nonprofit organizations, and small and large pharmaceutical companies, which resulted in the development of an antibiotic financial incentive bill, introduced.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

White Oak, MD

• Performed early-stage norovirus vaccine research within the Office of Vaccines Research and Review. Built a high level of expertise in the field and consistently grew laboratory skills, including large-scale.
• Collaborated with internal colleagues, domestic and international scientists, with the goals of understanding norovirus genetic diversification and human immunity and developing a viable vaccine candidate.
• Presented data and scientific literature internally and at five domestic and international conferences.
• Studied the genetic diversification of noroviruses and targets for human immune protection, as described in nine peer-reviewed publications.

Walter Reed Army Institute Of Research; Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led and executed vaccine candidate assays and analyses in a certified Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) HIV-1 clinical trials laboratory.
• Assessed cell-mediated immunity generated by vaccine candidates within the MHRP pipeline, including those building upon success of groundbreaking RV144 clinical trial.
• Coordinated shipments of clinical trial specimen from domestic and international clinical trials laboratories associated with the research program.

Gaithersburg, MD

• Assisted on a project involving the optimization of novel high-throughput antibody binding technologies to target cancerous cells
• Through regular meetings and collaborations with experienced scientists, gained an understanding and appreciation of the clinical development process

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Master Of Science (M.S.), Biotechnology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology

Activities and Societies: Delta Delta Delta International Women's Fraternity, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society

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